MOUNT PLEASANT -- Central Michigan's football team is among the programs penalized by the NCAA for failing to meet academic progress standards.

The Chippewas lost two scholarships for the 2007 season. The school could have a full allotment of 85 scholarships for next season.

The NCAA penalized 218 teams in a variety of sports nationwide in an annual academic progress report released Tuesday. The only Michigan program penalized was the Chippewa football team.

According to CMU Assistant Sports Information Director Scott Rex, the Chippewas scored a 922 out of 1,000. The cutoff score was 925.

"We were aware of the score in the fall, and we took the penalty of two scholarships at that time," Rex said. "That's why we only had 83 last year."

Central Michigan has won two straight Mid-American Conference championships but has had a lot of coaching turnover in the four years covered by the report. That led to high transfer rates for players, which hurt the program's rating because retention of student-athletes is a factor.

The report covered the football seasons from 2003 through 2006. During that time, CMU's football team featured players recruited by three different coaches: Mike DeBord, Brian Kelly and Butch Jones.

"Each student-athlete gets a point if they remain eligible and a point if the remain enrolled in the school," Rex said. "With coaching changes, several athletes decided to transfer.

"Even if they're enrolled in the other school and even if they graduate from that other school, it counts against the original school."

More than 700 of the 6,272 Division I teams fell short of the mandated cut score of 925 to avoid penalties, and 218 were assessed punishments ranging from warning letters to reductions in practice times. Some were granted waivers while others showed enough improvement to avoid penalties.

It was CMU's first season below the 925 mark.

The 26 teams that have now scored less than 900 in two consecutive years must improve now. A third consecutive score below 900 would keep them out of NCAA tournaments 2009-10, and a fourth straight year on the list could lead to having Division I status revoked.

"The penalties should tell people that we take this very seriously," said Walter Harrison, chairman of the NCAA's committee on academic performance. "These penalties will be equal to, or greater, than the most serious penalties in infractions cases."

Schools already facing possible postseason bans include football teams at San Jose State, Southern and Temple, and men's basketball teams at New Mexico State, Centenary and East Carolina.

Thirty-six teams were assessed two penalties and three schools had more than one team hit twice -- Alabama-Birmingham, San Diego State and San Jose State.

Florida International had five teams -- baseball, football, men's basketball, men's outdoor track and field and women's swimming -- receive one sanction each.